MAKE A MEME View Large Image Rugby, Warwickshire (14739417401).jpg This photograph dates from 1865 and shows William Jarvis in the stocks overseen by a member of the Warwickshire Constabulary Mr Jarvis had been convicted of drunkenness and although the use of the ...
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Keywords: Rugby, Warwickshire (14739417401).jpg This photograph dates from 1865 and shows William Jarvis in the stocks overseen by a member of the Warwickshire Constabulary Mr Jarvis had been convicted of drunkenness and although the use of the Pillory in England had been banned by an Act of Parliament in 1837 the use of the stocks continued until the early 1870s The Police Constable is still wearing the old style swallowtail tunic and top hat which the Metropolitan Police had discarded in favour of the tailless tunic and helmet the year before Warwickshire Constabulary had been formed in 1857 under the County and Borough Police Act 1856 https //www flickr com/photos/31363949 N02/14739417401/ Rugby Warwickshire<br/>http //www pilloryhistory com/history html author http //www search windowsonwarwickshire org uk/Details aspx ResourceID 5398 52 373234 -1 264961 source Flickr PD-old PD-1923 Leonard Bentley https //flickr com/photos/31363949 N02/14739417401 2015-11-12 22 12 33 cc-by-sa-2 0 1865 in England Rugby Warwickshire Stocks restraints William Jarvis Drunken people Mattbuck's temporary category Files from Leonard Bentley Flickr stream
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